The 1918 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1918 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 23 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1918 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1918, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1918 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 40 seats to Democrats' 10 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1918 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 45 seats and Democrats having 5 seats (a net gain of 5 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results Note: The 27 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Joseph R. Frailey Rep Joseph R. Frailey Rep 6th Benjamin J. Gibson Rep Francis Elmer Shane Rep 7th Herbert Inghram Foskett Rep Herbert Inghram Foskett Rep 9th Frank E. Thompson Rep Frank E. Thompson Rep 10th John Milton Lindl(e)y Dem James L. Brookhart Rep 12th Charles C. Laffer Rep Theodore Charles Cessna Rep 13th Chester W. Whitmore Rep Chester W. Whitmore Rep 18th John Cramer Voorhees Dem Julius A. Nelson Rep 20th Frederick William Eversmeyer Rep Jonas DeMoss Buser Rep 21st Fred G. Henigbaum Rep David W. Kimberly Rep 22nd William J. Greene Dem William Joseph Greenell Rep 29th David S. Fleck Dem David Meredith Rep 30th Addison Melvin Parker Rep Addison Melvin Parker Rep 32nd Charles Franklin Lytle Rep Bertel M. Stoddard Rep 34th Grant L. Caswell Dem Milton Bird Pitt Rep 35th Nicholas John Schrup Dem Bernard J. Horchem Dem 37th Daniel Cady Chase Rep Eugene Schaffter Rep 38th Henry W. Grout Rep James J. Rainbow Rep 42nd Lauritz M. Enger Rep Carl Webster Reed Rep 44th George Harold Jackson Rep William Hugh Scott Rep 45th Harry Cook White Dem Harry Cook White Dem 48th Charles C. Helmer Rep Walter Witt Anderson Rep 50th Howard Spicer Van Alstine Rep Howard Spicer Van Alstine Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 27 districts that did not hold elections in 1918 are not listed here. District 1 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 29 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 44 • District 45 • District 48 • District 50__NOTOC__ Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).
District 1
District 6
District 7
District 9
District 10
District 12
District 2
District 13
District 18
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 29
District 30
District 32
District 34
District 35
District 37
District 38
District 42
District 44
District 45
District 48
District 50
See also United States elections, 1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1918 Elections in Iowa
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